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Unit: 2.3 Lesson: How did the Chartist campaign for the vote
Unit: 2.4 Lesson: How did women campaign for the vote
Unit: 2.11 Lesson: Welfare Reforms
Unit: 2.12 Welfare Reforms: old age pensions
Unit: 2.13 The Impact of the Liberal Welfare Reforms
Unit: 4 Lesson: 4.2, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11
Unit: 4.2 Lesson: Britain: a trading nation
Unit: 4.7 Lesson: Britain and India 1700-191
Unit: 4.8 Lesson: Indian Mutiny, 1857
Unit: 4.9 British Rule in India
Unit: 4.10 Britain and North America
Unit: 4.11 Causes of the American War of Independence
Presentation title
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How did women campaign to vote?
Suffragettes: Women who campaign to
vote.
Why does this matter?
L.O.: Describe why women wanted to
vote, explain how they tried to achieve
their aims.
During this time people saw the chance
Campaign to
vote pg. 64
to vote as the only real way to make a
change for the better.
After 1832 reform act that allowed
men, regular non-land-owning men to
vote. Women saw their chance to vote
and make a change.
1850's first suffrage societies by and
for women.
Dedication to their cause, making a
convincing article/newspaper would
affect the MP's who were deciding.
Newspapers spread awareness.
Vocab:
-Welfare- statutory procedure or social effort designed
to promote the
basic physical and material well-being of people in
need
-Liberal- relating to or denoting a political and social
philosophy that
promotes individual rights, civil liberties, democracy,
and free enterprise:
relating to a Liberal party or (in the UK) the Liberal
Welfare
Reforms, pg.
66
Democrat Party:
Today the UK is a welfare state, meaning that all
people have free
education, free health care and assistance in old age.
Pensions
But before 1900 all that above was not the case.
Can you think of why that might be?
Workhouses and soup kitchens were the only meager
assistance
provided to those who could get it, and the demand
usually surpassed
the supply of these services, so many went without.
What might it have been like not having a place to
sleep or food to eat
in industrial England?
Pension: a regular payment made by the state to people of or above the
official retirement age and to some widows and disabled people:
Most elderly people receive a pension today, from the government,
and other help such as assistance in utility bills when it is very cold. Yet
in 1900 you received no support.
January 1, 1909, the first elderly people in England began to receive
weekly pension from the government.
What does the image on the bottom of page 68 show you?
Welfare
Reforms:
Old Age
Pensions, pg.
68-69
In Britain, many had asked the government for old age pensions,
Germany had started these in 1889 and was rather successful. If you
were poor when you left work, you had to look after yourself and rely
on the assistance and support of you children and family. Thus, many
elderly people lived with their family, children and/or grandchildren. At
this time the only assistance for elderly was a workhouse, where the
people had to eat and sleep in the same large room.
Thus, from January 1st, 1909, elderly people, over 70 received a
pension of 5 shillings (25p), the same as 20 pounds today. A married
couple received 7 shillings (37 pence). These policies were aimed at the
poor who earned less than 12 shillings per week (60 pence).
Pensions were not given to those who had worked in a
workhouse. Also, pensions were denied to those who spent long
periods without work or who had been convicted in court of a
crime. Only those 'deserving' poor would receive government support.
All this was due to David Lloyd George, a senior member of the Liberal
Government.
To afford this plan, the government had to increase taxes.
1905 - 1914 saw many reforms happen in
England, which were important. For the first
time, national government began directly
helping the poor, sick, unemployed, and the
elderly.
The Impact of
the Liberal
Welfare
Reforms
Page: 70
David Lloyd George, was responsible for many
of the welfare reforms passed by the liberal
government.
What does the cartoon on page 70 show
you?
How did Free School Meals help those in
need?
National Insurance helped workers whom
were sick and/or unemployed, do you think
this was well liked by everyone in Britain?
Why might not everyone support these
reforms? Can you give evidence to support
your claim?
Why might a relatively small island nation build a
large navy? What would this help them do?
Vocab: Mercantilism, protectionism, custom
duties, or tariffs, free trade, laissez faire
What are the pictures on page 112 showing you?
Did Britain have any of these items locally?
To understand
how an island
nation became a
very powerful
country, and the
factors that lead to
this. Pg. 112
Why might Britain want to trade in things like
cocoa and tobacco? Where do you think the
items this chapter is showing you were
from/made?
What other countries might have been involved
in this enterprise? What does this say about the
tastes of British people during this time?
Mercantilism was a trading system set up to
protect British industry and control trade. Exports
from Britain were sold to the colonies within the
empire. The trade was taxed, and protected
from the army and navy. This policy was known
as protectionism, meaning that only Britain can
trade with British colonies. Adam Smith's 'Wealth
of Nations' helped gain support in the people, for
free trade, believing the customs duties and
tariffs should be abolished to encourage trade.
Vocab: Mughal Empire, Viceroy, Raj,
dominion, collapse
What is the reason England wanted to
hold India?
To understand the
events and people
who shaped India's
relationship with
Britain in the period
1700-1918 pg. 122-123
How did Britain make 'huge profits'
from its Indian trade? What other
countries might have been involved in
this decsion of England? 1784 India
Act: reduced corruption of the East
India Company
English became the officail language of
India, where there are 33 offical
languages currently.
The failed mutiny of 1857 changed
how India was ruled, Britain created
the British Indian Empire ending East
India Company rule, replacing the old
EIC army, with British Indian Army,
thus preventing any more large scale
mutinies between 1857 – 1918. After
1857 is known as the 'golden age' of
the British Raj.
Vocab: Sepoy(s), Sikh, Suttee, Mutiny,
Oppresive
May 1857, Sepoys, in the Indian Army,
refused to bite cartiridges before
loading them into their rifle.
To understand the
events that lead to the
Mutiny of 1857 and
how the British
almost lost India pg.
124-125
There was a thought the the cartidges
had Cow, and Pig grease in them.
Hindus do not consume Cow and
Muslisms do not consume pig. Many
indians were also unhappy that English
became the offical language of India,
and banned traditions of Suttee.
English became the officail language of
India, where there are 33 offical
languages currently.
The failed mutiny of 1857 changed
how India was ruled, Britain created
the British Indian Empire ending East
India Company rule, replacing the old
EIC army, with British Indian Army,
thus preventing any more large scale
mutinies between 1857 – 1918. After
1857 is known as the 'golden age' of
the British Raj.
Indian Mutiny of 1857
L.O.: To understand the events that lead to
the Mutiny of 1857 and how the British
almost lost India, Explain the casues of the
revolt and decide who was more brutal
during the mutiny.
Vocab: Sepoy(s), Sikh, Suttee, Mutiny,
Oppresive
Indian Mutiny
of 1857
pg. 124-125
May 1857, Sepoys, in the Indian Army,
refused to bite cartiridges before loading
them into their rifle.
There was a thought the cartidges had Cow,
and Pig grease in them. Hindus do not
consume Cow and Muslims do not consume
pig. Many indians were also unhappy that
English became the official language of India,
and banned traditions of Suttee.
English became the official language of India,
where there are 33 offical languages
currently.
The failed mutiny of 1857 changed how India
was ruled, Britain created the British Indian
Empire ending East India Company rule,
replacing the old EIC army, with British Indian
Army, thus preventing any more large scale
mutinies between 1857 – 1918. After 1857 is
known as the 'golden age' of the British Raj.
How did the British rule India, both success and failures from
1858-1918.
Indian Army’s main focus was defending the North-West
Frontier against a Russian invasion through Afghanistan. Indian’s
thought British rule failed them, because of how they were
treated.
British Rule
in India
Pg. 126-127
By the late 19th Century (1800’s) more Indian’s wanted greater
self-government but were mostly ignored by the British. Lord
Curzon, Viceroy of India from 1898 – 1905, decided to divide
the state of Bengal, to make governing more efficient. This
decision led to widespread Indian protests led by the Congress.
Indians wanted to protect the distinct identity of India.
Liberal policies from 1905, a new Liberal government came into
Britain. However, some liberal policies did ease tensions. By the
end of 1918, with the end of WW1, the British did not allow
India to become a dominion.
The first European settlers in the
New World, were known as ‘Pilgrim
4.10 Britain and
North America, 16071800
Pg. 128-129
Fathers’. They left England for
America in the 17th Century. Britain
and France were competing to
colonize land. Britain beat France by
the end of the 18th Century and
created a large colonial empire.
Look at the timeline on these two
pages.
Taxation without representation.
1763 Britain won against France and all
of her colonies, in the New World,
were now under British control. Yet, to
afford this war, added taxes were put
on the colonists.
-Stamp Act 1765
4.11 Causes of the American
War of Independence
Pg. 130-131
-Tea Act 1773
-1774 Britain allowed the former
French colony of Quebec to give
Catholicism a special position.
1775 British troops in New England,
attempted to take guns and
ammunition from colonist. At
Lexington and Concord, troops and
colonists clashed. The war for
Independence had begun.
Thank you
Joshua Salyer